It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man’s interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.
ANTHONY TROLLOPEOne can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
More Anthony Trollope Quotes
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A husband is very much like a house or a horse.
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Men who can succeed in deceiving no one else, will succeed at last in deceiving themselves.
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He should be cautious but never timid, bold but never venturesome; he should have a good digestion, genial manners, and, above all, a thick skin.
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Poverty, to be picturesque, should be rural. Suburban misery is as hideous as it is pitiable.
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I never knew a government yet that wanted to do anything.
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What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?…Was ever anything so civil?
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After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.
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Nothing surely is as potent as a law that may not be disobeyed. It has the force of the water drop that hollows the stone.
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I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes.
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What is there that money will not do?
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But who ever yet was offered a secret and declined it?
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It is singular how little we are inclined to think that others can speak ill-naturedly of us, and how angry and hurt we are when proof reaches us that they have done so.
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There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.
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Never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that.
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One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.
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